Portable electrical device.



JQIIESI ?ORTA8 .E ELECTRICAL DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26, I916:

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PORTABLE ELECTRICAL DEVICE.

2 all where it may concern:

-Be it known that we, ELBERT R. WINS- LOW and flame A. Jonns, citizens of the United States, residing at Kearney, in the county of Buffalo and State of Nebraska, have invented certain. new and useful Improvements in Portable Electrical Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This lnvention relates to new and useful improvements in a ortable electrical device for use in offices, omes and by travelers and comprises an electrical fan and an electric incandescent light mounted on the same frame and provided with a socket'by which' the device may be attached to a bracket, electrolier, drop cord or wherever an incandescent light bulb can be made to glow.

The primary object of the invention is to combine in a single article which is both small and light and may be transported readily in an ordinary 'valise, an electric motor driven fan and an electric light, each included in an independent circuit connected to contacts in thesocket, and a key adapted to operate a movable member in connection with. or adapted to be connected to lead wires carrying current, said member when moved by the ke in different directionsand at difierent distances cutting in either the fan motor alone, the light alone, or both simultaneously. Both may also be cut out of circuit when desired.

' Another object resides in the'provision of a unitary device embodyin an electrically driven fan which is inclose within a frame and on which frame an-electric lighting device is supported.

Other objects of the inventi'onwill be set forth in the following description and pointed out in. the appendedclaims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which: 7

Figure 1' is an elevation partly in section of the improved device, H

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of the same on the line 2-2, and,

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on the line 3--3 of Fig; ,1.

Fig. 4 is a detail view showing the circuit closing device in position for switching the current to the fan,

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the device in' position for closing the circuit through the lamp,

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view illustrat- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr.-17, 1917.

6 Application filed March 20, 1916. Serial 110.85, 140.

ing the switch in osition to render both the electric lighting evice and the fan active.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference characters denote like parts throughout the several views, 10 designates an electric motor of any improved type on the shaft 11 of which is mounted a fan 12 adapted to rotate with the motor. Inclosing the motor 10 is a casing 13 of any suitable .form, but as shown formed in two parts 14 and 15, the upper part 15 having a flange 16 on its lower end to fit over the part 14, a set screw 17 securing the two parts together.

At the bottom of the casing 13 on opposite sides thereof are outwardly 'pro1ecting' bosses 18 in which are fastened the ends of two tubes 19, said tubes extending horizontally from the casing a shortdistance beyond the wings of the fan 12, then turning downwardly as at 20 to a point below the :fan, turning inwardly once more as at 21 to a point near the axis of the motor where they are attached to a lamp socket 22.- Con ducting wires 23 and 24 lead froma lamp 25 mounted in said socket through the bent tubes 19, 20, 21 into the motor casing 13, to I a socket 26 on the top ofthe casing 13.

Projecting from the motor casing at the center thereof is a threaded hollow neck 27 upon which the enlarged lower end 28 of the socket 26 is screwed.

The socket 26, as shown is made of some insulating material such as porcelain, on

the upper end of which is fastened a sleeve 29 made of metal. A metal stud 30 is fas tened to the socket at the center thereof and these two metal parts serve to make and 37 are formed in the plate 33. The. I

upper ends of the plates 32 and 33 are connected by suitable wires with the contacts 29 and 30 on the outside of the socket. A

block 38 made of insulating material conextends transversely through the socket and through a horizontal slot 40 in the block, I

said key having a bit 41 in the form of a crank bend lying within the slot in such position that when the key is turned by the thumb piece 42 the plates 32 and 33 may be raised or lowered. It is to be understood that the plates 32 and 33 will be provided with suitable guides to direct them in their upward and downward movement. Such guides have been omitted in the drawings for the sake of clearness.

Within the cavity 31 of the socket 26 are above the former contacts, their free ends projecting into the offsets 34, 36 of the sliding plates in position to make contact therewith when said plates are moved upwardly. These upper contaot plates form theterm1- nal oit wires 47, 43 that connect with the commutator oi themotor 10.

The device as, shown and. described is simple, compact and convenient, readily transportable and may be connected for use to any socket capable of holding an incandescent light. When in position with the key 40, placed as in Fig. 3, the current w ll be cut out from both the fan and theelectrm light. lit it be desired to set the fan in motion, the key is turned sufiiciently far to move the sliding plates 32, 33 upward untll the offsets 34 vand 36 in said plates come in contact with the terminals 45, 46, as shown in l ig. 4. To cut out the fan and cut in the light the key is turned in an opposite direction to lower the sliding plate, see Fig. 5, thereby breaking contact with the terminals and 46 and connecting them with the terminals 43 and 44, the current;

passing thence by way of Wires-23, 24 to the electric light 25. W hen it is desired to use the light and tan simultaneously, an extreme movement of the key in either direction will. move the odsets 34 to 37 on thetwo sliding plates in contact with both sets ,of terminals 43, 46, thus switching both light and fan in circuit.

A simple portable device such as ole-- scribed is easily carried about and applied to a socket over or one side of a desk or table and either lit "l ian or both usedas desired.

h n 9 t When traveling the fan may be packed in a valise and used wherever the traveler stops it the place be wired for electric lighting.

The tubular frame incloses the tan, supports the electric lighting device and receives and conceals the circuit from the lighting device to themotor casing. A frame member 50 connects the portions 20 of tubes 19 of the tubular frame.

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From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought that the construction and operation of the device will be clearly understood, and while we have herein shown and described certain specific embodiments of our invention, we do not wish to be limited thereto except for such limitations as the from the electric light to a pair of contacts in the first named socket, a second pair of independent circuit wires running from the fan to a second pair of contacts also in the socket, and a circuit closing device adapted to optionally close the circuit through the electric light, the fan or through both.

2. in a portable electrical device of the kind described,- the combination with a motor driven fan and an electric li "ht, of a casing inclosing the motor of said fan and supporting said light, a socket project--.

ing upwardly from said casing to sustain both fan and light from an incandescent light socket and to supply them with an electric current, circuit wires from the motor secured to terminals within the first-named socket, separate circuit wires from the electric light also entering said socket and se cured to other terminals, and a circuit closing device adapted to engage said terminals for optionally energizing the tan or the elec tric light, or energizing both fan and light.

3. In a device of the kind described, the combination with an electric light and a motor driven fan, of a casing for the motor of said fan, and a socket projecting upwardly from said casing, a socket for the electric light, tubularsupports. connected to the motor casing and to the lamp socket looped around said fan, circuit wires from the motor connected to terminals within said socket, circuit wires from the lamp passing through said tubular supports into the motor casingand thence to terminals in'the socket, and a sliding member adapted to make contact with one or both sets of terminals.

4. In a device of the kind described, the combination with an electric light and a "-inotor driven fan, of a casing inclosing the motor of said tan and a socket pro ecting uppendent circuits from the light and from the fan leading into said socket and there attached to insulated terminals, and

'means operated by a key adapted to be condriven by the motor, a tubular frame connected to the casing and inclosing the fan, an electric lighting device connected to the frame, an electric circuit extending from the lamp through the tubular frame into said casing, and an electric switch to control the motor.

6. The combination of an electric motor and a casing therefor adapted to be connected to an electric lamp socket, a fan driven by the motor, a frame connected to the casing and inclosing the fan, and an electric lighting device connected to the frame, said parts forming a unit attachable to and detachable from the lamp socket.

7. The combination of an electric motor and a casing therefor, a fan driven by the motor, a frame connected to the casing and inclosing the fan, and an electric lighting device supported on the frame.

8. The combination of an electric motor and a casing therefor adapted to be connected to an electric lamp socket, a fan driven by the motor, a frame connected to the casin and inclosing the fan, an electric lighting device connected to the frame, said parts forming a unit attachable to and de tachable from the lamp socket, and means for rendering either the fan or the lighting device, or both, active.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ELBERT R. WINSLOW. CLYDE A. JONES.

Witnesses:

JAMES A. WALLACE, ROBERT H. WILmNs. 

